tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646511101881687160.post1074254285547771685..comments2022-08-08T00:33:26.034-07:00Comments on Live Chicken on Six: No WordsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646511101881687160.post-34103655721833064112012-12-24T02:10:18.113-08:002012-12-24T02:10:18.113-08:00When I was about 10, I used to shoot a pellet rifl...When I was about 10, I used to shoot a pellet rifle. One day, after many attempts, I successfully shot a blackbird. It fell to the ground instead of flying away when the gun when "pop." I watched it die. Realizing I had needlessly destroyed this living thing, I decided then and there never to shoot that pellet rifle or any other gun again... Older now, I would consider revisiting that decision for the sake of the 17-year cicadas, watching them get picked off as their burgeoning hordes emerged from the earth by ravening flocks of seagulls. And maybe racoons. But my aim would be to maintain a balance with nature. I cannot fathom where firing an automatic weapon for FUN is something that people who live in a place that is at PEACE ought to want to do?! gabesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668071288755419304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646511101881687160.post-8651520623849840042012-12-17T07:17:52.117-08:002012-12-17T07:17:52.117-08:00Katy, I agree with you on these gun issues. I cann...Katy, I agree with you on these gun issues. I cannot foresee a single instance where my owning a gun would actually save or protect myself or my family. Having guns in a school (lots do and my own town has been having discussions about it for a while now. The school that my eldest will attend next year...) will only mean that there are more guns in the school. It won't mean that the kids are safer. It won't make me feel more secure. How about controlling who buys guns? How about actually CONTROLLING the guns that enter our country? How about a punishment that fits the crime for possessing an automatic weapon or other illegal weapons? tracey.becker1@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606831315390042198noreply@blogger.com